The election of the Doug Ford–led Progressive Conservatives unleashed an aggressive and undisguised market fundamentalism. Ford’s government has taken the assault against the social welfare state, labour and environmental protections to new and unprecedented heights. Maintaining a permanent era of austerity has not only steadily reduced the public sector as a proportion of the provincial economy but has also reduced the social protections available to Ontarians.Ford’s deregulatory ...

The Critterbugs bush band have been kidnapped by One-eye the crow and his swamp villains. Captain Benny and his loyal friends at the Bog Swamp Dump must work together to outsmart their enemies and launch a daring rescue. They have two days to save their mates or pay the ransom, which includes the captain's best mate, Turbo the gecko—One-eye wants gecko meatballs.Bog Swamp Boogie bounces along with nonstop fun and energy. Packed with Australian wildlife pers...

From Consent to Coercion examines the increasing assault against trade union rights and freedoms in Canada by federal and provincial governments. Centring the struggles of Canadian unionized workers, this book explores the diminution of the welfare state and the impacts that this erosion has had on broader working-class rights and standards of living.The fourth edition witnesses the passing of an era of free collective bargaining in Canada – an era in which the state and c...

Many candidates take a passive role at the interview. They competently answer the questions that are put to them but they never take the initiative by asking intelligent questions that steer the interview in a helpful direction. If you are a proactive candidate who asks the sorts of questions given above then you will be seen as more dynamic and you will significantly increase your chances of being offered the job.If you are going for an interview as a prospective employee then you...

When a feared bikie gang roars into Shannon Ridge, four schoolmates suddenly find themselves in the middle of trouble they never saw coming.Mistaken for a rival gang because of their innocent treehouse club sign, the kids unexpectedly attract the hostile attention of the notorious Redbacks. What begins as a fun afternoon quickly becomes a nerve-wracking, unimaginable adventure filled with close calls, and surprising courage.

"The Cure" has eradicated every disease and illness throughout the world. Humanity has never been better.Suddenly people begin to act... differently. Internet, phone, and electricity become non-existent overnight. Unexplainable deaths, missing persons, and odd behavior grip every nation as the world transforms into a ghost town.Sean's soon-to-be fiancé and Angela's teenage son are among those who have gone missing. While diligently searching for their lost ...

Canada has one of the highest rates of low-wage work among advanced industrial economies. In a labour market characterized by the ongoing fallout from COVID-19, deepening income inequality, job instability, and diluted union representation, the living wage movement offers a response. Rising Up traces the history and international context of living wage movements across Canada. In the 1970s, the balance of political and economic power began to shift in favour of business, as trade ...

Bryan M. Evans, Stephen McBride, and their contributors delve further into the more practical, ground-level side of the austerity equation in Austerity: The Lived Experience.Economically, austerity policies cannot be seen to work in the way elite interests claim that they do. Rather than soften the blow of the economic and financial crisis of 2008 for ordinary citizens, policies of austerity slow growth and lead to increased inequality. While political consent for such pol...

Following the 2008 global financial crisis, Canada appeared to escape the austerity implemented elsewhere, but this was spin hiding the reality. A closer look reveals that the provinces - responsible for delivering essential public and social services such as education and healthcare - shouldered the burden.The Public Sector in an Age of Austerity examines public-sector austerity in the provinces and territories, specifically addressing how austerity was implemented, what ...

Austerity is not always one-size-fits-all; it can be a flexible, class-based strategy taking several forms depending on the political-economic forces and institutional characteristics present.This important book identifies continuity and variety in crisis-driven austerity restructuring across Canada, Denmark, Ireland and Spain. In their analysis, the authors focus on several components of austerity, including fiscal and monetary policy, budget narratives, public sector reform, labo...

The fall-out from the economic and financial crisis of 2008 had profound implications for countries across the world, leading different states to determine the best approach to mitigating its effects. In The Austerity State, a group of established and emerging scholars tackles the question of why states continue to rely on policies that, on many levels, have failed.After 2008, austerity policies were implemented in various countries, a fact the contributors link to the per...

No government jurisdiction in Canada has so radically transformed its public policies over the past decades as Ontario, and yet the province has also maintained a striking degree of political stability in its party system. Since the 1990s, neoliberalism has been the point of reference in constructing policy agendas for all of Ontario's political parties. It has guided the strategy for governance of the dominant Liberal Party since 2003, even as it divides the province between workers and e...